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...location of the graduate schools will undoubtedly provide the opportunity for interdisciplinary study, but if Loker Commons has taught us nothing else, we know that it takes more than space to create community. Currently, the Provost’s Office oversees several inter-faculty initiatives such as the Mind/Brain/Behavior (MBB) program; that and other programs could be strengthened by the increased focus and attention a unified graduate campus would provide. From human rights to ethics to economic development, Harvard can benefit from debating diverse viewpoints in an effort to continually sharpen its research and teaching. The Kennedy School of Government?...
...their offerings or encourage College students to participate in their programs. By promoting cross-enrollment and multidisciplinary programs that appeal to a broader undergraduate audience, the graduate schools can attract Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) students and professors to participate together, enriching the quality of their discourse. As MBB did by consciously integrating FAS personnel, similar programs should keep the College in mind as the valuable resource that it is; dynamic programs must not segregate themselves across the river...
...despite its best intentions, MBB has fallen short of expectations. In some years, the initiative represents little more than a mish-mash of professors from different departments who come together infrequently to attend seminars they promptly forget. As a former MBB student, I attended the mandatory junior seminar program at the beginning of this year where one professor laughed in my face when I asked whether any collaborative research across department lines was being attempted as a result of the program. This isn’t to say that the program doesn’t have potential; however, its true...
...across disciplines. Professor Scarry can speak intelligently about Locke’s Second Treatise, and then apply her unique interpretation to Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire. She has written articles about the physics of electromagnetic radar and the crashing of planes. She sits on interdisciplinary initiatives like MBB. Professor Scarry may be an unusually talented individual, but there is no reason why we cannot all try to emulate her to some degree...
...brought together scholars from a wide range of disciplines, many of whom did not even know that they had interests in common with each other," says Albert Carnesale, who was Harvard's provost in MBB's early days...